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The Time Is NOW! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960–1980: Smart Museum of Art | Chicago, IL

Past exhibition
13 September - 30 December 2018
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jae Jarrell, Gents Great Coat, 1972

Jae Jarrell USA, b. 1935

Gents Great Coat, 1972
Suede
60 x 21 x 12 in
152.4 x 53.3 x 30.5 cm
6859
As a founding member of AFRICOBRA, Jae Jarrell became recognized for constructing garments that incorporate painted motifs and design elements inspired by African garments and informed by Black history and...
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As a founding member of AFRICOBRA, Jae Jarrell became recognized for constructing garments that incorporate painted motifs and design elements inspired by African garments and informed by Black history and culture. Gent’s Great Coat, which she created at the height of AFRICOBRA's activities in 1972, is a suede jacket with appliqué leather, and includes motifs present in a variety of traditions in African clothing design. On the occasion of this work's inclusion in a recent museum exhibition in Chicago, Jarrell was interviewed about the for an article in the New York Times, during which she said: “Our message of empowerment from then is still the same. We reflected, and still do, on our heritage, our roots and our strength. All too often we were thought of as being a people without a beginning or not knowing where our roots were.”
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Provenance

Africobra: Nation Time, 2019, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Exhibitions

AFRICOBRA II, 1971, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY USA

AFRICOBRA II, 1972, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL USA

AFRICOBRA II, 1972, Howard University, Washington DC USA

AFRICOBRA II, 1972, Malcolm X College, Chicago, IL USA

AFRICOBRA II, 1972, Hati Gallery, Rochester, NY USA

AFRICOBRA II, 1972, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY USA

AFRICOBRA: Nation Time, 2019, 58th La Biennale di Venezia, Biennale Arte 2019, Venice, Italy


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